Abram traveled, going on still toward the South.
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. (k) Thus the children of God may look for no rest in this world, but must wait for the heavenly rest and quietness.
And Abram journeyed,.... He did not stay long in the mountain between Bethel and Hai, but moved from thence, and kept on journeying in the land of Canaan: going on still toward the south; the southern part of the land of Canaan, which lay nearest Egypt, into which he is said to go next, the occasion of which follows.
Gen 12:8-9 He did this also in the mountains, to which he probably removed to secure the necessary pasture for his flocks, after he had pitched his tent there. “Bethel westwards and Ai eastwards,” i.e., in a spot with Ai to the east and Bethel to the west.
Commenting on Genesis 12:8-9